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The latest Google Easter egg is a secret adventure game hidden inside Google Search - here's how to play

Start by entering "adventure game," "text adventure," or "text game" in your Google Search engine.

The latest Google Easter egg is a secret adventure game hidden inside Google Search - here's how to play

Next, right-click on the page and select the "Inspect" option.

Next, right-click on the page and select the "Inspect" option.

The game can be found through the web browser's developer console. This is can be accessed one of two ways: right-click on the page and select the "Inspect" option, or use your keyboard for the shortcut option (Command + Option + I on your Mac or Command + Shift + I on your PC).

The game will work best on Chrome, Google's internet browser.

Toggle over to "console," and this prompt will appear. Type in "yes," obviously.

Toggle over to "console," and this prompt will appear. Type in "yes," obviously.

Opening up the Inspect feature will access the browser's developer mode, which may look a bit confusing at first with lines of code and developer jargon. However, you don't have to worry about all that — it's not a part of the game.

Locate the "Console" tab, where you'll find a prompt that asks (somewhat reminiscent of the "Saw" movies) if you want to play a game.

Enter "yes," because you haven't gotten this far to not play the game.

Directions for the game will appear, and you'll enter into an adventure where you're hunting for the rest of the letters in "Google."

Directions for the game will appear, and you

By typing "yes," you'll then enter into Google's adventure game. You'll get a brief introduction into the game's storyline, which directs you to locate the rest of the letters in "Google" (you represent the letter "G"). The letters are located throughout the company's campus in California.

Use the available single word commands to navigate the Google campus and find the missing letters.

Use the available single word commands to navigate the Google campus and find the missing letters.

The game will only understand single word commands, which can be found in the initial instructions. In response to prompts that pop up, you can enter commands that direct the game to access certain features ("inventory," "map," "friends"), complete certain actions ("grab," "use," "help"), and move certain directions ("up," down," "north," "east," etc).

Along the way, you'll pass employees playing volleyball, encounter an alligator blocking a door, and deal with frustrated Google engineers trying to fix bugs.

We have yet to complete the game, but let us know how long it takes you to get through the hunt, or any other cool features you find along the way.


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